S5Dewey

So to capsulize this... and please correct me if you meant something else... you're an advocate of something short of a Fire Sale for 2020, & holding onto Mookie in hopes that he can be resigned in 2021? Moon could probably answer this question but I have to wonder exactly how many (contributing) players we'd have to unload to get a reset large enough to allow us to sign Mookie given that most of our money is tied up in non-contributing pitchers. I'm looking at YOU, David Price & Chris Sale. The good news in that plan.. if this can be considered good news... is that we still don't know the situation with Sale. TJ surgery still hasn't been ruled out for him. If he has to miss 2020 to come back in 2021 the timing may be right for his comeback - but the salary is still there.

I feel the same way about signing Mookie that I do about the Sox chances of getting a WC berth this year. Possible, but highly unlikely. Fenway needs two outstanding outfielders in order to be successful and Beni doesn't fill the bill. So what we're talking about if we lose both of them is finding two outstanding fielders, one of CF and the other for RF, before the 2021 season. Good luck with that. IMO we'll do well to find one outfielder to come close to replacing Mookie's offense and being average defensively - which is a definite downgrade. Consequently we're going to need someone out there to cover some of the ground that Mookie had covered in the past few years. So-and-so and his two brothers and six cousins may be available but that doesn't mean they're going to be signed with the Red Sox. Is that a gamble we want to take....to have three outfielders with Benni's defensive skills patrolling the outfield in Fenway, even if it saves...say... $5MM? OTOH JBJ's status is guaranteed if the FO wants him. One in the hand being worth two in the bush DD may (should) find it more palatable to overpay for him until/unless the situation with Mookie is resolved. If they can sign Mookie in the off season then JBJ could be made available. If they can't sign Mookie they need to prepare for life without him, and having JBJ in CF is a good start. Everyone wants to rail on about JBJ but a GG CF'er who's batting .224/.728 and hitting 9th isn't the reason this team probably isn't going to the playoffs.

I may be in the minority but I still see JBJ as being a part of the team in 2020 on a one year contract. DD likes his defense, and JBJ is good insurance against Mookie's departure - regardless of how it happens. I also don't see any kind of a reset until 2021. IMO that may be the year when Mookie leaves and when that happens I see some of our higher priced players with options leaving too. BTW, you have JDM as being a Certain Keeper. Doesn't he have an option after this season? Or are you assuming he won't exercise it? (I expect him to stay even if he has an option but I wouldn't list him as Certain.)

Here's the difference, and it applies at every level. As I've mentioned before, I have a lot of contact with high school sports in my area. One thing I've learned is that it's OK to say, "My kid sucks" (as long as you don't say it in front of the kid! LOL) but when someone says "YOUR kid sucks" they're just looking for trouble.

^^^This is it folks, in a nutshell.^^^

I can remember some wag saying that one of the most effective ways to speed up the game of baseball would be to outlaw velcro.

And now his grandson is playing in the Giant's Org. Time flies.

But the beer was still $8.

Looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck....

They are! I did not know that. I looked it up. Nitrates and nitrites are key in hot dogs and other cured meats like ham and bacon: they prevent spoilage and block the growth of the bacterium that causes botulism (a foodborne illness). Go figure.

It's a hot dog. Is there a difference? Either way they might kill you!

All I've got to say to that is....

They're making a big deal of the crowd. If I'd been near Boston I'd have been there in a heartbeat!

and all the money went to the Jimmy FUnd

18+ $5, under 18 free

You too, SS. As short as it was. :-)

Well, that was quick!

...and they're making money at that price. Gives you an idea of how much profit there is in soda. But I'm minimizing it. It's a great gesture

Vaz is the man. Squared that one up.

He has. He's fighting for a roster spot next year.

The question of the day is, How much is the beer?

Hahaha. Why not? You can't get dogs for $1 if you buy them, take them home and cook them!

The thing with Hamilton is interesting. Do the R's get to use the player they called up? Because that couldn't be done in a regular game.

I was working outside, in the middle of something, and shut down my life for this! It's not something one sees every year!

No kidding! IMO the Sox organization has handled this RIGHT.